Air-ship.



No. 836,577. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

J. F. HARRIS.

AIR SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2s, 1.905.

2 SHEETS-11321 1f PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

J. P. HARRIS.

AIR SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SEBET 2 I I I I I I I I I I I I which is disposed above the chamber JOHN .FlELARRlS, 0F FRAUKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

AlFwSHlP" Specification of Letters Patent,

l atenteri Nov. 20, l9(.6.

Application filed September 29, 1905- Elerial No. 280.657

To all ur/t/mt it "Ml/y concern:

Be it known that I, J onN F. Harnus, a citi-v zen of the United States, residing at Frackville, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Air-Ships and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements .in air-ships; and it consists in the novel con struction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described. and claimed.

The object of the invention is to improve and. simplify the construction and operation of machines of this character, and thereby render the same more durable and eilicient.

The above and other objects, whichwill ap pear as the nature of my invention is better understood, are accomplished by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal.sectional view through an air-ship constructed inaceordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is an end blevation of a portion of the ship, showing the swinging door in one end of the air chamber or compartment.

Referring to the drawings-by numeral, 1

denotes the body portion oi my improved air--shi p, which comprises a lower motor room or chamber 2 and air room or chamber 3, which is disposed above and separated from the chamber 2 by a partition 4, an upper steering room or chan'iber 5, located above the chamber 3, and a gas chamber 1 bag 6, 5 and-is adapted to float or support the ship. Light and air are admitted into the chambers or compartments 2, 3, and 5 through suitablythe steering room or chamber 5, upon the covered openings 7, and access may be had from one of said chambers or compartments to the other by means ofllights of stairs or the like 8, arranged in the chambers 2 and 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Suitable doors 9 are also provided in the side oi said chambers or compartments to permit persons to enter and leave them, and around top 10 of the chamber 3, 1 preferably provide a railing l as shown. The gas-chamber 6 may be of an y desired form and construction. In the lower chamber or compartment 2 is provided a motor 12, which may be of any desired form and construction and which one end oi its shafts projecting through one end of the said chamber and carrying a' ro tary propeller 13. At the adjacent end of the steering chamber or compartment 5 s pivotally mounted a rudder 34, which is controlled by any suitable mechanism, as shown at 15inFig. 1. 2

The ship is adapted to be floated by the balloon or gasrbag 6; but in order to assist the same and also the propeller 7 and rudder 8 in propelling and steering the ship I provide means for lorcmg a current of air out 01' either or both ends of the chamber or compartment 3. As shown, I accomplish this by 1 providing a rotary fan or blower 16 in the motor-chamber 2 and connect the same by a pipe 17 to the air chamber or compartment 3. The shaft of the fan 15 is preferably connected up with the shaft of the motor 9, as shown at 18, and connected up with said motor shaft by means of an endless belt or cable 19 is another rotary fan or blower 20, which is preferably mounted on a transversely-em tending shaft 21, journaled in bearings upon the floor of the chamber The outlet 22 of the casing, which surrounds the fan 20, projects in op osite directions toward the ends of the chamber 3. One may also be provided which communicates with the pipe 17, and at their juncture are provided two oppositely pro ecting discharge pipes 22. The. ends of the chamber or compartment 3 are open and are adapted to be closed by swinging doors 23, which are hingcdly mounted at their upper ends to uprights 2%, arranged upon the opposite sides oi thcdooropenings in the ends of said. chamber Pivotally mounted, as shown at in Fig. 3 ol the d rawi n gs, are cross-b ars 26, which have depending from thcirccntral portions arms 2?, against which. the doors are adapted to swing: To said arms 27"are connected the ends of operating cords or cables 28, which pass through openings in said doors and. over guidepulleys 29, arranged as shown in Fig. 1. it will be seen that when the cords 28 are drawn upon the arms 27 will engage the doors 23 and hold them in their closed posirent of air from the pipes 22 and 22 will swing them open to permit the air to dis- 3 are mounted sliding frames 30.

charge from the ends of the chamber 3, and

gas-bag s the frames are in their projected position, as

shown in dotted lines in FigPZ, they are a dapted to serve the purpose of parachutes and permit the ship to descend gradually.

From the foregoing description, takeuin 1 5 connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction. and operation of the inven tion will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Iif aving thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new,'and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1; air-ship having a body provided with a chamber open. at its front and rear as described.

ends and providedwith closures for said ends, and-means to open and close said closures, a blower in said chamber having dischargepipes projecting toward'the ends thereof, and a motor to drive said blower. V

2. A11 air-ship having a body provided with a chamber open at its front and rear ends and provided with closures for said ends, and means to openand close said closures, a blower in said chamber havin dischargepipes projecting toward the ends thereof, a motor-chamber below the first-named chamher, a motor in said motor-chamber, a blower also in the motor-chamber, a pipe leading from said blower to thatin the first-named chamber' and h'avin forwardly and rearwardly' projecting disc arge pipes at the juncture therewith, a propeller, and a motor in the motor-chamber connected to and operating the propeller and'the said blowers, substantially In testimony whereof I have hereuntoruet my hand in presence of two subscribing vs 1tnesses.

- JOHN F. HARRIS Witnesses: I

GEORGE WAGNER, HARRY SHADEL. 

